He
said their masterplan which amongst others aimed to restructure
subsidies and abolish tolls was not feasible as doing so would spell the
end of Bursa Malaysia.

“Most of the concessionaires are public-listed companies and Pakatan's plan will lead to the collapse of Bursa.

“That
is why Buku Jingga is not worth the paper it is printed on,” he said in
his opening speech at the Gerakan national delegates conference
yesterday.

In a fiery speech, the Prime Minister said the Opposition's promise to wipe out the National Higher Education Fund Corporation's (PTPTN) RM33bil debt was not doable either.

He said Pakatan should not talk about taking over Putrajaya when it had not even formed its own shadow Cabinet.

“Why
didn't they do it? Are they afraid that they do not know what posts to
give to (DAP parliamentary leader) Lim Kit Siang, (PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul) Hadi Awang or (PAS deputy president) Mohamad Sabu?

“Don't talk about forming the government, form the shadow Cabinet first,” he said.

He
said that in Selangor, 73% of the promises made by Pakatan to the
people were not fulfilled, and as such, no one should have a government
that lied or failed to deliver on its promises.

He said unlike Barisan, Pakatan did not even have a common symbol or manifesto.
Citing an example, he said they could not even agree on the implementation of hudud.

“If
you don't have a common position or policy on something so fundamental,
how are you going to administer the country? You don't have the
credibility to run the government,” he said.

Najib said the Opposition had only three weapons in its arsenal criticise, instigate and promise the sun, moon and the galaxy.

In
contrast, he said the ruling government had a clear sense of direction
in transforming the country into a high-income, developed nation.

“When
we promise something, it is based on something that hinges on reality.
We have studied it in depth, after engaging with experts from within and
out of the country. It is doable and achievable,” he said.

Najib
also chided critics who claimed that the 2013 Budget was a populist
move, pointing out that it was aimed at putting the people first and
moving the economy forward.

“It's not all just about BR1M. You do
Bersih 2.0, we do BR1M 2.0. You storm barricades and overturn police
cars, we can help the poor,” he said.

Monday, September 17, 2012

PETALING JAYA: Google Malaysia has blocked YouTube access to the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" video clip in response to a complaint from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Those
trying to load the video from a Malaysian Internet Protocol (IP)
address would see a message that reads: "This content is not available
in your country due to a legal complaint. Sorry about that."

Google Communications and Public Affairs head Zeffri Yusof confirmed the videos had been blocked in Malaysia.

"Where
we have launched YouTube locally and we are notified that a video is
illegal in that country, we will restrict access to it after a thorough
review,” he said on Monday.

The video has also been blocked in various other countries, including Indonesia, India, and Egypt.

However,
some of the videos can occasionally still be seen on YouTube as users
were continually uploading it to the video-sharing site.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

KOTA BARU: PAS spiritual leader and Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
has described the action of a few people who stepped on the pictures of
the nation's leaders on the eve of the Independence Day celebration in
Kuala Lumpur as a very shameful and saddening act.

He said the act did not reflect the culture of Malays and Muslims.

“This is not the work of Malays and Muslims. They are neither Malays nor Muslims.

“This is very shameful and saddening, the photograph that I saw was not of a Malay (the perpetrators of the act).

"We
Muslims are taught not to disturb others. If others do it to us, we
will get angry,” he told reporters when attending an Aidilfitri
gathering on Sunday.

He was commenting on the rude actions of a
number of participants of the “Janji Bersih” illegal assembly held in
Dataran Merdeka in the Federal Capital on the eve of Independence Day
Aug 30.

Nik
Aziz also did not agree with the action of the participants of changing
the Malaysian flag with a new flag which was red and white, colours
akin to the Singaporean flag.

“It not easy to replace (the
national flag), have to discuss for years. What is our intention of
changing the flag, our flag has already been accepted by the world,
there is no need to smear to our flag,” he said. - Bernama